The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) has announced that the Egyptian security expert, Amr Al-Rahwan, won a research competition in the field of police and border security, which was part of the International Conference on Border Security held on 30 November.
An expert committee from the European Union Research and Science Center (JRC) selected the research submitted by Al-Rahwan due to its excellence, technical quality, and feasibility.
The research dealt with the use of artificial intelligence in preventing and combating terrorism and organized crime by analyzing security and intelligence information. Al-Rahwan also devised a technical method, which he called “Horus” that will facilitate the process of revealing the identity of wanted people and dangerous criminals through the integration of security systems at the level of the European Union and on international level.
The European Union decided to exchange the research with the security bodies of the Union countries in a confidential scope, given the sensitivity and seriousness of the topics covered.
Al-Rahwan stated that the research sheds light on the gaps that currently exist in the security information systems of the European Union, which have been exploited and hacked by terrorist elements and security wanted persons, as well as the technical difficulties facing security personnel with regard to revealing the identity of these wanted persons.
He added that the research also included innovative technical proposals to use the latest advanced technologies in the field of security technology, such as the use of artificial intelligence with biometric fingerprints in revealing the identity of terrorist elements, as well as the use of new techniques for using a face print to analyze intelligence information. These technologies are proposed in the form that will lead to bridging security gaps and raising the efficiency of security performance in general.
